Product Description

Deliver First Class Web Sites: 101 Essential Checklistsis
the only organized and easy-to-use compilation of
guidelines, checklists and tips for building modern,
best-practice Websites.

Drawing on dozens of books, studies, and research papers,
this book distills not-so-common wisdom into 500 digestible
guidelines & checkpoints that can be quickly applied to any
Web Development project. Organized by chapter, the
guidelines cover everything from color usage & navigation,
to accessibility, usability and webpage architecture.

By following all the guidelines, you will develop 100%
best-practice Websites, ensuring their projects are built
"the right way" from the start. This means the final Website
will be:
Cross-browser & Cross-platform compatible
Easy to update & maintain
Usable by even novice Internet Users
Accessible to disabled visitors
Search-engine friendly

As a bonus, all the checklists are downloadable in PDF
format, so you can print them out and use them over and over
again in all your Web Development projects.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #233707 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-24
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Synopsis
Deliver First Class Web Sites: 101 Essential Checklistsis the only organized and easy-to-use compilation of guidelines, checklists and tips for building modern, best-practice Websites. Drawing on dozens of books, studies, and research papers, this book distills not-so-common wisdom into 500 digestible guidelines & checkpoints that can be quickly applied to any Web Development project. Organized by chapter, the guidelines cover everything from color usage & navigation, to accessibility, usability and webpage architecture. By following all the guidelines, you will develop 100% best-practice Websites, ensuring their projects are built "the right way" from the start. This means the final Website will be: Cross-browser & Cross-platform compatible Easy to update & maintain Usable by even novice Internet Users Accessible to disabled visitors Search-engine friendly As a bonus, all the checklists are downloadable in PDF format, so you can print them out and use them over and over again in all your Web Development projects.

About the Author
Shirley Kaiser has been designing for the Web since 1996, and is currently a member of the Web Standards Project Steering Committee, an active voice on the web to help promote standards for browsers and related software. She is a prolific writer, constantly churning out articles, and newsletters for her own Website (KSDesigns.com) and contributions to various Web Design textbooks.

Customer Reviews

Deliver First Class Web Sites
Deliver First Class Websites is one of hundreds of books on website design. Like the majority of these books (the good ones anyway), Deliver First Class Websites takes the reader step by step through web design from planning and preparing content through design and creating clean code to testing and launching the website. In each section, the author even includes handy checklists so that the web designer can assure that he or she has completed each step in the process.

Although I have read and reviewed countless books on web design, Deliver First Class Websites stood out. Most books of this type approach web design from a purely technological point of view and focus mainly on the code needed to create a good website. I found that this book took a slightly different approach. The goal of a good website as defined by this author was one with good accessibility and flow. Often website designers, and writers of website design books, completely forget that websites are made for people. If these people get frustrated when they can't access information, they will simply leave your site. Thus, good flow and accessibility is vital to a successful website.